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Checked In: A Davenport Library Podcast

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19. Banned Books, Hispanic Heritage Month, and All Things Halloween!

Banned Books

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Flamer by Mike Curato

Looking for Alaska by John Green

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
Cozy Mysteries

Key West Food Critic Mystery by Lucy Burdette

The Mountain Lodge Mysteries by Diane Kelly

A Scottish Isle Mystery by Lucy Connelly

A Dublin Driver Mystery by C. E. Murphy

A Catskill Summer Resort Mystery by Vicki Delany

A Southern Homebrew Mystery by Diane Kelly

A Chloe Jackson Sea Glass Saloon Mystery by Sherry Harris

A Catering Hall Mystery by Maria DiRico

Grilled Cheese Mystery by Linda Reilly 

A Cheese Shop Mystery by Avery Aames

Colorado Wine Mystery by Kate Lansing

Witchy Books

The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer

Enchanted to Meet You by Meg Cabot - Witches of West Harbor series, book 1

The Witch is Back by Sophie H. Morgan - Toil and Trouble series, book 1

The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec

Witch King by Martha Wells

Bewitched by Laura Thalassa - Bewitched, book 1

The Book of Witches, edited by Jonathan Strahan; illustrated by Alyssa Winans

After the Forest by Kell Woods

Mr & Mrs Witch by Gwenda Bond

A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley

The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub

The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanna Randall

In Charm's Way by Lana Harper - Witches of Thistle Grove series, book 4

Witch Upon a Star by Angela M. Sanders - Witch Way Librarian Mystery series, book 4

The Witch of Maracoor by Gregory Maguire - Another Day series, book 3

Hispanic Heritage Month

You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria

Good For You by Camille Pagan

The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

Librarian Reads

Deck the Hallways: A Fixer-Upper Mystery (#4) by Kate Carlisle

Agatha Raisin Mysteries

The Stranger in the Seine by Guillaume Musso

A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

Love Everlasting by Tom King

A Thousand Ships: A Novel by Natalie Haynes

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent 

Secret, Book, & Scone Society #6: Paper Cuts by Ellery Adams

Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously by Adam Ellis

It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood

Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story by David Alexander Robertson

Everything Is OK by Debbie Tung

Book Lovers by Emily Henry